Personal Effectiveness

Enhancing Personal Effectiveness & KASH: What We Are Learning

• We begin this productivity and personal effectiveness course by defining personal effectiveness skills

• Cause and effect: how KASH can drive personal communication

• What causes us to be less effective in personal productivity? How do we avoid doing so?

• Play-Pen projects

• Having a good day – in advance

• Dealing with the inevitable “difficult day” more effectively

• Quick Question – Where do you need to improve the most?

Important and/or Urgent?

• Your To-Do List

• How to prioritise (using science)

• Prioritising and how to do so; using a bit of science

• Defining your important work

• Reacting to being reactive

• What are your priorities? What should they be?

• Advanced fallout management for when you are truly overwhelmed

• Personal effectiveness training explores the multitasking paradox

• Delegating where possible

• Exercise: What do you need to work on first, and second?

Technology Handling

• The principles behind your decision-making

• Email/message handling tips

• Zoom & Teams

• Working from home or remotely

• Using technology as a useful tool as opposed to a fearful driving force

• The curse of the BCC

• This module of personal effectiveness training concludes with 'How to use technology more effectively'

• Quick Case study-based question: What does your list look like?

Time Bandits:  Confront or Cooperate?

• Handling interruptions

• This personal effectiveness training program examines dealing with clients and colleagues

• Avoiding 'playpen' or other pleasant but less critical tasks, more effectively

• Managing competing and equally 'urgent' requests

• The power of focus

• Remember the CBE (can’t be everywhere!)

• How personal communication will improve effectiveness

• Quick tips to stay focused

• Exercise: You & Your “To Do List”: what changes can you make?

Managing Yourself & Your Day

• This personal effectiveness training course teaches you how to manage your energy

• Dealing with a 'bad day'

• How to fit work into life, and life into work

• Being your best self

• Personal effectiveness training course exercise: You & Your KASH – what now?

Training Objectives

Redcliffe’s personal effectiveness training course is aptly designed for professionals in financial services and any industry where high levels of personal effectiveness are essential. Upon course completion, participants will be confident and knowledgeable to:

• Describe time use in terms of Knowledge, Attitude, Skills and Habits (KASH)

• Define principles of effective decision-making in deciphering what is important and urgent

• Consider how mental well-being influences personal effectiveness at work

• Demonstrate the fallacy of multitasking and develop task focus

• Practice developing personal effectiveness habits

If there’s a specific aspect you would like to cover during this session that isn’t in our personal effectiveness training outline, please speak with us to discuss bespoke options.

Training Course Summary

Personal effectiveness training offers participants an opportunity to focus on their development. While many say, “I don’t have the time,” carving out space for growth can often lead to more favourable results. With a concerted effort, this course encourages the skills you already have whilst providing additional techniques on top. In just half a day (3 hours, including a break), delegates are introduced to key principles for improving personal productivity. Thoughtfully designed, these principles form a well-rounded personal effectiveness training outline.

Participants will explore how to manage mental capacity while addressing common misconceptions about time. This exploration helps you gain a deep understanding of how to optimise focus and energy, resulting in more effective time management strategies.

We’ll also consider how to handle distractions and interruptions guilt-free and with ease. This personal productivity training course teaches stress-reducing techniques for managing an ever-increasing task list. Additionally, we’ll discuss effective responses for when you genuinely feel like you “don’t have the time.” Personal effectiveness training will provide practical strategies to boost your productivity and overall well-being. This course focuses on actionable techniques that empower individuals to manage their time, handle distractions, and approach tasks with great confidence and efficiency.

You may never have 25 hours in a day, but you can continuously improve your personal productivity and output to manage your time more effectively. By implementing the right strategies, as demonstrated in this personal effectiveness training course, you can optimise each day and achieve your goals.